Has anyone else noticed any quality issues with their brick pack? I've had the beer a few times previous and this is not the same beer. Over carbonated and extreme lack of flavor. As bad as I would probably prefere any other BSDA. I only drank one so far but I was pretty disappointed. Please let me know what you think about the brick packs that came out. Thanks

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Consider yourself lucky. The first one I opened was empty and the second was stuffed with Chinese fortunes. So pissed

1. Your palate stinks.
2. Everyone but me allows price, availability, and expectations to cloud their judgment.
3. All batches of a given beer are remarkably consistent, except for the ones I've felt were off.

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Look what happened to Dark Lord. They started making a ton of bottles, it became easy to obtain and it went from one of the top couple rated beers to out of the Top 100. Rarity is a fickle bitch.

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Maybe it's not just the rarity but the fact that more people are getting to try an average beer at best. I think both Westy and DL fall into the average category and now that the masses are trying them since they are easier to obtain, the reviews will be more honest. It's hard for most to rate a beer for what it is when you bend over backward to try to get it.
There was a newscast on NPR talked about the Westy release in the states. They were at the Abbey and the monks and other people interviewed were very honest about the beer.
Simple recipe. Not very complex. very sweet. Not the best beer in the world.

The sample I had at the Fest in Worcester was great, poured out of one of the brick bottles. I opened one bottle out of my brick and enjoyed it in a tulip, and it was amazing, too -- even better. It was not over-carbonated, and exploding with flavor.